Table 3 Association between different cardiovascular risk factors and the presence of increased carotid artery intima–media thickness or stenosis in primary biliary cirrhosis.

	No (%) with increased IMT*	OR	95% CI	p Value
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)
<6.21 (n = 66)	6 (9)	1
⩾6.21 (n = 37)	5 (14)	1.6	0.4 to 5.5	0.488
Age (years)
⩽60 (n = 50)	3 (6)	1
>60 (n = 53)	8 (15)	2.8	0.7 to 11.2	0.148
Arterial hypertension†
No (n = 72)	7 (10)	1
Yes (n = 31)	4 (13)	1.4	0.7 to 11.2	0.633

	No (%) with carotid stenosis	OR	95% CI	p Value
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)
<6.21 (n = 66)	3 (5)	1
⩾6.21 (n = 37)	7 (19)	4.9	1.2 to 20	0.028
Age (years)
⩽60 years (n = 50)	2 (4)	1
>60 years (n = 53)	8 (15)	4.3	0.9 to 21	0.076
Arterial hypertension†
No (n = 72)	2 (3)	1
Yes (n = 31)	8 (26)	12.1	2.4 to 61	0.002

IMT, intima–media thickness; PBC, primary biliary cirrhosis.

*IMT values in the highest quintile of the distribution of carotid artery measures obtained in the subjects under study (cut‐off value for the quintile with highest thickness = 0.808 mm).

†Blood pressure values of ⩾140/90 mm Hg, or treatment for hypertension.